(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:26:02

E*paule" (?), n. [F. 'epaule shoulder, shoulder of a bastion. See Epaulet, and cf. Spall the shoulder.] Fort.

The shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder.

 

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